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Solitary surface waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. Y. Yu
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universitäit Bochum, 4630 Bochum, F.R. Germany
I. Zhelyazkov
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universitäit Bochum, 4630 Bochum, F.R. Germany

Abstract

We consider nonlinear surface waves on a cold plasma half-space. It is found that for a certain region of the wavenumber spectrum, supersonic envelope surface wave solitons exist.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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